Error: “The spatial comparator received a feature with invalid geometry”

I have two CAD layers: Boundary (hatch type) and Roads (lines type). I wanted to clip the roads that are located outside the boundary.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/6md00ozcmk0w7dx/AlSawahra_Jerusalem_UrbanMasterPlan_04_X_04.dwg

I applied the workbench below but I got the message “The spatial comparator received a feature with invalid geometry”

What might be the issue here?

Thank you

Best

Jamal

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Hi,

it is probably what the error message says: one or more geometries are invalid and thus not accepted by your output format.

For ESRI Geodatabase-based writers, you have the option of sending invalid features to a separate FFS file. You can then inspect these features separately in the Inspector later.

See here (http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_ReadersWriters/Default.htm#geodatabase/Writer_Overview.htm) for more info:

Ignoring Failed Features: The Geodatabase writer allows the user to continue with a translation, even when a feature would normally cause the translation to fail. The user is given the ability to choose how many failed features are allowed to fail before deciding to halt the translation altogether. Additionally, the user can specify a directory in which to store failed features, which will be stored in the FME Feature Store format.

David

Thanks David,

This error is introduced even in case the output is not written in ESRI feature class. In the workbench below, I used the inspector to show the output but it fails

What might be the issue? All what I wanted is to clip the roads according to a given boundary.

Hi Jamal,

The error seems to have occurred at the Clipper rather than the writer. I guess the clipper polygon (boundary) has a self-intersection. How did you set parameter of the GeometryValidator_6?

Takashi

Thanks Takashi,

The boundary is fine. It contains only one feature.

I check nothing in the “GeometryValidator”. I got the error:

“A 2D feature was encountered in the feature class 'RoadsLines_Outside_FME', which is defined as containing 3D features. The feature, and any other applicable features in the same feature class, will be modified so that it has the same dimension as the feature class. The spatial comparator received a feature with invalid geometry”